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New Felixstowe call as Ocean Three tweaks Asia-Europe routes

CMA CGM and its Ocean Three partners China Shipping and UASC have launched a new service to replace its FAL2 and FAL3 services, including a new export call from Felixstowe as well as improved transit times, an new import call at Chiwan and a new call in Vietnam. The operators say that the  new FAL 23 service will offer some of the best transit times on the market  especially between ... [+]

Tilbury wins West Africa link

CMA CGM 's Euraf1 service between Northern Europe and West Africa has started calls at Tilbury’s London Container Terminal. Six 3,500teu vessels link Tilbury and other European ports with Tanger Med, Algeciras, Dakar, Abidjan, Dakar and Algeciras, Tilbury. The inaugural call of the rotation in Tilbury took place earlier this ... [+]

CMA ships mark New Suez opening

Two CMA CGM ships, the Laperouse and the Titan were due to head a procession of vessels to officially open the New Suez Canal inauguration today (Thursday 6 August). Some 5,000 VIP guests attended the event to mark the completion of work to enlarge the canal.CMA CGM is a major ... [+]

New ship for Tilbury-Caribbean route

CMA CGM has taken delivery of the first Guyanamax 3 series vessel for its service from North Europe to North Brazil and the Caribbean. The 2,100teu CMA CGM Cayenne has can carry 530 reefer containers and will sail under the UK flag. The service calls at Tilbury and Philipsburg (St ... [+]

Brussels OK for OPDR deal

The European Commission has approved CMA CGM Group’s acquisition of short-sea operator OPDR. The Moroccan competition authorities have also given the deal the green light. OPDR, currently part of the Bernhard Schulte Group operates between North Europe, the Canaries, Iberia and Morocco. It will become a subsidiary of CMA CGM’s ... [+]

Maiden UK call for CMA CGM giant

The CMA CGM Georg Forster made her maiden UK call today (6 July), in Southampton. The18,000teu ship is due to be formally christened in Hamburg on 9 July.   [+]

New look for CMA CGM’s Asia service

CMA CGM is to reconfigure its FAL1 and FAL3 services between Europe and Asia. With the changes, the carrier will offer calls in both Southampton and Felixstowe, as well as an improved service from North Europe to Beirut and a North/West Africa-Asia link via its hub in Algeciras, Spain. From 24 ... [+]

CMA CGM’s biggest ship reaches Britain

CMA CGM’s largest vessel made her maiden call in the UK when the 17,722teu CMA CGM Kerguelen called in Southampton on 13 May. If all the ships containers were placed together end to end they would stretch from the port to London. [+]

CMA CGM signs Cuba deal

The CMA CGM Group has signed an agreement to operate a logistics platform in cooperation with Cuban company, AUSA. The deal, the first of its kind involving an international company, was signed by vice-chairman, Rodolphe Saadé in the presence of French president François Hollande, the President of the French Republic. ... [+]

First Suez transit for CMA CGM’s biggest ship

CMA CGM’s largest vessel passed through the Suez Canal for the first time on 2 May. Suez Canal Authority chairman, Admiral Mohab Mameesh, boarded the 17,722teu CMA CGM Kerguelen to mark the occasion. The canal is in the midst of an upgrade programme that will allow it to regularly handle ... [+]

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